Tribal Hamlet Harisal to be the First Digital Village in India

Tribal Hamlet Harisal to be the First Digital Village in India

Harisal is a tribal hamlet in Dharni taluka in Amravati district of Maharashtra state India, 633 km from Mumbai. It belongs to Vidarbha region and comes under Melghat (Schedule Tribe) assembly constituency.

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This tribal hamlet is a special hamlet because it has been picked up under Digital India plan and in the process of becoming the first tribal digital village in India.

The software giant Microsoft has chosen Harisal for developing it as the first ideal digital village in India. This is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India concept under which smart cities and smart villages will be developed.

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Microsoft will offer skill development training to village youth. Agro-based processing units and self-help groups will be established, while soil testing, dairy development, vegetable  production will be undertaken. Display boards concerning sale of forest produce, weather information , cropping pattern and crop management will be put up.

All bank customers will be provided with ATM-cum-Debit cards and mobile banking services will be increased. On the lines of soil card, health cards will be issued and telemedicine facility will be opened up. Online gramsabha and teleconferencing will be undertaken.

Harisal project will have great significance for the state as it will connect the village with rest of the world, enabling it to take its art beyond all boundaries - local art universalized or globalized.